SUNI MULLEN is a contemporary multi-disciplinary artist working towards liberating her mind from the shackles of white mythic projections. MULLEN challenges the ways in which people receive and convey information, asserting her right to tell her story, how she wants to tell it. She sets her own rules, rebelling against proposed static masters, and makes room for innovative ideas, experimental thoughts, and radical practices. SUNI extends strategies to communities globally by connecting virtually, spiritually, emotionally, culturally, and in human form.
Memes of social-cultural references are used to bridge conversational gaps with the aim of creating a sense of connection through social, racial, class, and cultural understanding.
She graduated from Otis College of Art and Design, earning a Fine Arts degree in Painting. Currently, she is pursuing her post-graduate degree from the Royal College of Art in Contemporary Art Practices, researching methods and mediums that embrace the spectrum of blackness, including niggas. As a commitment to consistently critically think, her practice as a painter, writer, and digital amplifier articulates her curiosity to create works that encapsulate rebellion, sarcasm, and seriousness-- through visual and linguistic explorations.
MULLEN is the recipient of the Duff Family Scholarship, Otis Presidential Scholarship, and MAF LA Young Creatives Grant. In 2019, Mullen curated her first solo exhibition at Stay Gallery in Downey, California. She then exhibited twice with Innerspace Gallery in Downtown Los Angeles. Her work is a part of private collections in Boston, Massachusetts, New York, New York, and Dallas, Texas. In November 2019, Post & Beam invited her to exhibit six unique works to represent a cultural perspective of Los Angeles. In 2021, Mullen showcased works with SoLA Contemporary Art Museum for their virtual pandemic fundraiser. Her short film, "This New Mix Called, " "," premiered at Thuh Film Festival's first annual film festival in Long Beach, CA. Recently, her work has appeared on Bel-Air, Season 1, Episode 6,the film, Roux's Blues, and Coo x usedtoo music video by B. Cool-Aid.